She was a tall girl, exquisitely shaped:  she dressed very genteel, walked like a goddess; and yet, her face, though made like those that generally please the most, was unfortunately one of those that pleased the least:  nature had spread over it a certain careless indolence that made her look sheepish.  This gave but a bad opinion of her wit:  and her wit had the ill-luck to make good that opinion:  however, as she was fresh coloured, and appeared inexperienced, the king, whom the fair Stewart did not render over nice as to the perfections of the mind, resolved to try whether the senses would not fare better with Miss Wells’s person than fine sentiments with her understanding:  nor was this experiment attended with much difficulty:  she was of a loyal family; and her father having faithfully served Charles the First, she thought it her duty not to revolt against Charles the Second.  But this connection was not attended with very advantageous circumstances for herself; some pretended that she did not hold out long enough, and that she surrendered at discretion before she was vigorously attacked; and others said, that his majesty complained of certain other facilities still less pleasing.  The Duke of Buckingham made a couplet upon this occasion, wherein the king, speaking to Progers, the confidant of his intrigues, puns upon the name of the fair one, to the following purport: 

     When the king felt the horrible depth of this Well,
     “Tell me, Progers,” cried Charlie, “where am I? oh tell! 
     Had I sought the world’s centre to find, I had found it,
     But this Well! ne’er a plummet was made that could sound it.”

[Edward Progers, Esq., was a younger son of Philip Progers, Esq., of the family of Garreddin, in Monmouthshire.  His father was a colonel in the army, and equerry to James I. Edward was early introduced to court, and, after having been page to Charles I., was made groom of the bed-chamber to his son, while Prince of Wales.  He attached himself to the king’s interest during the war with the parliament, with laudable fidelity.  The following letter, from which antiquaries may derive the minute information that Charles II. did wear mourning for a whole year for his father, serves to shew the familiar style which Charles used to Progers, as well as his straitened circumstances while in the island of Jersey.

“Progers, I wold have you (besides the embroidred sute) bring me a plaine riding suite, with an innocent coate, the suites I haue for horsebacke being so spotted and spoiled that they are not to be seene out of this island.  The lining of the coate, and the petit toies are referred to your greate discretion, provided there want nothing when it comes to be put on.  I doe not remember there was a belt, or a hat-band, in your directions for the embroidred suite, and those are so necessarie as you must not forget them.

   “Jearsey, 14th Jan. old stile, 1649.  Charles R.”]